Saving the American Sport
In the text “When Theodore Roosevelt Saved Football” the author Bruce Watson explains Theodore Roosevelt helped shaped Football, making it safer for all who participated. In the fall of 1905 after Roosevelt brokered the Russo-Japanese treaty, he began to focus on the negativity of constant injuries and death in the game of football. With the split of faculty and fans for pro- and anti-football “factions”, Roosevelt began to feel the pressure. Roosevelt’ son, Theodore Jr. had recently suffered from a black eye, a broken arm, and even being knocked unconscious while playing for Harvard; Prep school headmasters demanded that the president stepped in. October 9th, President Roosevelt called a meeting of coaches and athletic
In the text “When Theodore Roosevelt Saved Football” the author Bruce Watson explains Theodore Roosevelt helped shaped Football, making it safer for all who participated. In the fall of 1905 after Roosevelt brokered the Russo-Japanese treaty, he began to focus on the negativity of constant injuries and death in the game of football. With the split of faculty and fans for pro- and anti-football “factions”, Roosevelt began to feel the pressure. Roosevelt’ son, Theodore Jr. had recently suffered from a black eye, a broken arm, and even being knocked unconscious while playing for Harvard; Prep school headmasters demanded that the president stepped in. October 9th, President Roosevelt called a meeting of coaches and athletic